Lancôme Bronze Riviera Makeup Collection for Summer 2010

The folks at Lancôme are gearing up to launch the Lancôme Bronze Riviera Collection for summer 2010. The collection is currently available online exclusively through Lancôme's website. The collection features products in golds, soft pinks, neutrals, and bronzes. Products include, Color Design Sensational Effects Eye Shadow Palette – $45.00 – (Limited Edition), Tropiques Mineral Bamboo Bronzer – $45.00, Waterproof Dual Ended Eyeliner – $28.00, Color Design Lipcolor – $22.00, and Juicy Tubes 100% Natural Origin – $18.00.

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OPI Launches Summer Flutter Collection For Summer 2010

OPI has been all over the blogs lately, teaming up with iPhone to launch the OPI app and also releasing numerous collections, including a collection for the new whimsical Alice in Wonderland movie. OPI has unveiled a new collection, Summer Flutter, launching May 2010. The four polish collection is available in 4 colors, Wing It!, Catch Me in Your Net, Flower-to-Flower and Flit a Bit. The packaging for this collection is bright, colorful, butterfly and floral themed.

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Stella McCartney’s Perfume Necklace: Fragrance Meets Functionality

Currently available online through Sephora’s website, the Stella Solid Perfume Necklace is Stella McCartney’s spin on fashion meets functionality marries fragrance. The silver locket styled necklace opens up to a Stella Eau de Parfum fragrance which has top notes of Rose, Peony Flower, Mandarin, Rose Absolute, Amber. The locket is engraved with her logo and retails for $49.90.

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Tom Ford Is Set To Release An Uber-Chic Lipstick Collection

Tom Ford, will make his second debut into the beauty realm with this summer’s release of a line of 12 lipsticks. According to WWD, the lipsticks will retail for $45 and be available in a variety of shades. “I took the most universally flattering colors that a woman can wear, and then I reimagined them in a modern and authoritative way. These are signature lip colors for the makeup connoisseur,” Ford told WWD. Ford’s debut into the beauty industry was when he teamed up with Estee Lauder and launched a collection of classic and chic lipsticks.

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You Can Now Get Miss Jessie’s Haircare Products At Target

Natural, Curly, kinky, and coily haired girls all over the nation are rejoicing at the news Miss Jessie’s hair products will now be available in select Target stores nationwide. The ever-so-popular haircare brand was launched in 2004 by sisters Titi and Miko Branch, who eventually launched their company website after buzz grew nationwide about the originally New York-based hair care line. Over the past six years demand has grown so much that they entered into a distribution agreement with Target to expand their mass appeal and further expand their brand. “We noticed there were not a lot of products that catered to our texture of hair; extremely dry, curly, thick kinky and wavy hair,” explains Titi in a 2008 interview with Getemgirls.com. “We experimented in our salon with different products and realized there really was a [niche] and an opening for products for hair types like ours.”

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Diesel Plans to Launch “Iron Man 2″ Cologne

The highly-anticipated Iron Man 2 launches this spring and Diesel fragrances has capitalized on the movie’s success by launching, Diesel Only The Brave: Iron Man Limited Edition. The fragrance will be released in mid-April and retails for $67.50. This men’s scent has top notes of an oriental-woody blend of lemon blossom, coriander leaves, mandarin, black rose, lavender, labdanum, tolu wood, amber, and ebony wood. The packaging is clever as it resembles several scenes from the movie as illustrated through the comic book strip on the side panels.

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Avon Scoops Up Liz Earle, Her Company That Is

Avon has successfully acquired Liz Earle Beauty Co. Limited, a UK-based full –service beauty brand of skincare products offering head-to-toe skincare products with natural ingredients. The acquisition merges Liz Earle Beauty Co. as a part of Avon’s global skincare portfolio. To Avon’s credit the acquisition will strengthen its global leadership and better position it within the aging skincare industry. Andrea Jung, Avon’s chairman and chief executive officer, said, “We are delighted to welcome Liz Earle Naturally Active Skincare to Avon, and we see this new partnership as a perfect fit for both companies. Liz Earle’s tightly edited range of award-winning, naturally active skincare products is highly complementary to Avon’s anti-aging skincare and broader beauty portfolio. It also represents a long-term opportunity to develop a stand-alone Liz Earle direct-selling Representative channel.”

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NYC Kickoff Today for the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit

Today through March 26th, beauty industry elite will gather in NYC for the Organic Monitor- organized Sustainable Cosmetics Summit to discuss key issues in the beauty industry like sustainable packaging innovations, social media, sustainable brand development, green chemistry, ethical marketing challenges and partnerships. The 2-day, four session Summit is hosted internationally and strives to bring beauty stakeholders together to focus on the industry’s leading issue and encourage open dialogue in a forum setting. Attendees include cosmetic manufacturers, ingredient & raw material companies, retailers & distributors, packaging companies, academics & researchers and investors & financiers. The summit is hosted all over the world in various cities each year, in previous years the event has been held in New York, Paris, London, Amsterdam, Bologna, Hong Kong, Singapore, Munich and Nuremberg.

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The Veronicas Flirt! With New Perfume, Rock-N-Rebel

Twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso, most known by their pop-rocker stage name, The Veronicas, are the style ambassador’s of FLIRT!’s Rock-n-Rebel Perfume Spray ($35). According to FLIRT!’s website, the fragrance has hints of pink grapefruit, luscious blackberry and apple nectar. The Veronicas said in a statement, “To us beauty is one of the most personal forms of self-expression and plays such an important role in what we do everyday – whether it’s performing on the stage or in the routine of our daily lives.” FLIRT! Cosmetics are exclusively available nationwide at Kohl’s Department Stores and on the web at www.kohls.com.

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Avon Launches Hello Green Tomorrow Initiative

Avon Products recently announced the launch of its global environmental mobilization in more than 65 countries called Hello Green Tomorrow. Its mission is to restore the South American Atlantic Rainforest, making this the first time the company has collaborated on an external environmental issue. Avon will contribute $1 million dollars to The Nature Conservancy to replant 1 million trees in the Atlantic Rainforest in South America. The rainforest is steadily depleting which also destroys it’s ecosystem. The effects of global climate changes, pollution, and cutting down trees negatively affects and impacts human livelihood, wildlife, water and tree preservation. All trees planted through this collaboration will also help support the United Nations Environment Programme Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign.

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ESSENCE Magazine Beauty & Cover Director Mikki Taylor Retiring

On March 31st, Essence’s Beauty & Cover Director Mikki Taylor will retire after a career spanning 30 years with Essence Magazine. Taylor began working at Essence in 1980 and served as beauty editor. Taylor will now serve as Editor-at-Large and work closely with Creative Director Greg Monfries on marketing events, celebrity projects with ESSENCE Communications, cover concepts and photo sessions. “I am thrilled to continue to serve women of color in my new role as Editor-at- Large, with innovative platforms that showcase our beauty,” said Taylor. “Without a doubt, this is the most exciting period in the history of Black women ever and I look forward to this new threshold in my career that will allow me to inspire and be inspired by women around the world.” Taylor will also continue her entrepreneurial ventures, including working with her own company, Mikki Taylor Enterprises, LLC.

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Fortune Cookie Shaped Soap For Good Luck and A Great Cause

If you’re searching for a great token gift, party favor or have a knack for funky collectibles look no further. Fortune Cookie Soaps are available online for $2.75 at www.fortunecookiesoaps.com. These handmade bath gifts are available in a plethora of colors and scents like Strawberries and Champagne, Vivid, The Candy Addict, Red-Hot Tamale, Keep it Clean, and Pumpkin Pie Fall. The soaps are made with 100% vegetable oils and were not tested on animals. Fortune Cookie Soaps even have a breast cancer fortune cookie bath soap, Pink Power Support Breast Cancer Research, a glow in the dark fortune cookie, Kryptonite Glow, and a eco-friendly fortune cookie, Goats Milk Soap Green Eco-Friendly. Not only does this company produce the fortune cookie soaps but they have bath salts, milk baths, bath bombs, bath teas, shampoo bars available on their website. If you’re looking for a gift a little more personal they customize soaps too!

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NARS Premieres “Runway, Real Way, NARS Way” Web Videos

NARS Cosmetics has just announced it launched “Runway, Real Way, NARS Way”, a series of three video showcases which illustrate how women can achieve NARS’ signature looks from Fall/Winter 2010 New York Fashion Week. The videos were shot backstage during Fashion Week at the 3.1 phillip lim, Marc Jacobs and Thakoon shows with makeup artist Jenny Smith, Uzo and Jane Richardson. Keeping with NARS’ “real beauty” mantra, the models featured in the videos are women from NARS’ marketing department. The videos exclusively feature NARS cosmetics and are available on NARS’ Facebook page, through the NARS You Tube Channel and more information about the web videos will be available on the NARS Twitter page.

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Crest and Oral-B Team Up To Give America Something To Smile About

Crest and Oral-B have teamed up to makeover the mouths of America one smile at a time by promoting healthy oral hygiene. The Better Check-Ups Challenge was launched after poor adult dental hygiene statistics were released by totalbeauty.com. They issued a list of the 14 cities in the U.S. with the worst teeth,from which Crest and Oral-B selected six cities Miami, FL; Greensboro, NC; Atlanta GA, Las Vegas, NV; Albuquerque, NM; and Baton Rouge, LA. Of these six cities they selected one ambassador in each city who has agreed to a twice daily dental regime they designed, initial screening, 3-month visit and final check-up after six months. “Patients have started using the full line of Crest and Oral-B products and have seen improvement in the overall health of their teeth,” said Dr. Cesar R. Sabates, D.D.S., Coral Gables, Florida. The Better Check-Ups program encourages Americans to talk to their dentist, visit routinely and suggests using a full line-up of Crest Pro-Health products to improve oral health around the U.S.

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Maybelline’s “Sweet Thing” Collection a Sweet Treat for Women

Spring has sprung with the introduction of Maybelline New York’s latest collection, “Sweet Thing”. The limited-edition collection features an assortment of pastel-colored products ranging from nail polishes, eye shadows, lip glosses and crème shadow sticks. Affordable and ultra feminine; the collection favors an Easter egg basket with its array of soft hues like Pink Sophistication and Sweetie Pie to warm tones like Goody Plum Drop and Excite-Mint. The Express Finish Nail Color retails for $4.25, Expert Wear duo Eye Shadow $4.50, Express Cream Shadow Sticks $6.95, and Maybelline’s Color Sensational Lip Gloss $6.49. Try matching nail polishes, eye shadows and lip glosses of the same shade for a chic and polished look. Or mix colors from across the collection for an edgy and daring look. Sweet Thing is available at major retailers like Wal-Mart and CVS.


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Happy 100th Birthday Elizabeth Arden!

Elizabeth Arden has launched a limited-edition lipstick ($20), Red Door Red to commemorate the company’s one-hundreth birthday. The cosmetic centennial anniversary lipstick is a feisty red not for the faint of heart. Although a lipstick, it applies like a lip tint with a sheer red-toned wash. Proceeds from the lipstick will benefit the organization Look Good…Feel Better, best known for it’s work with cancer patients to improve self-esteem through hairstyling, skin care, nail care and makeup product and services.

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Solange Knowles New Face of Rimmel London

Rimmel London, the world-renown British beauty company has signed Solange Knowles as one of three new beauty brand ambassadors in efforts to broaden their global market presence and diversify the stars of their cosmetic campaigns. Knowles, along with Zooey Deschanel and model Alejandra Ramos Munoz will each be the face of different collections and appear in print and TV campaigns. Solange’s campaign will debut in fall 2010. Why did Rimmel London choose the eclectic and funky mix of celebrities to represent their line?

“Zooey, Solange and Alejandra each bring a distinct look and personality to Rimmel London, expanding the brand’s visibility and strengthening Coty’s global color platform,” stated Bernd Beetz, Coty’s chief executive officer.

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American Idol Adam Lambert Wants Men To Wear Makeup

No stranger to a glittery smokey eye, Adam Lambert, former American Idol contestant and guy-liner guru is interested in launching a cosmetics line for men which he hopes will appeal to both gay and straight men According to New York Magazine, he envisions a full range makeup line complete with shadows, nail polish, mascara, lip gloss, eye shadows, foundation and concealer. It’s unclear at this point if his cosmetic line will also feature a women’s line.

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Akon Jumps Into The Fragrance Game With Konvict Cosmetics

Internationally known singer-songwriter and the most recognizable face behind Konvict Muzik, Akon, can add fragrance designer to his long list of accomplishments. The “Konvict” for men and women fragrance line launched in partnership with his newly formed Konvict Cosmetics International LLC. “We are excited and honored to launch “Konvict” with Akon which we project strong sales in this celebrity fragrance market,” said Managing Director of Konvit Cosmetics Jack Aini. Adding to his humanitarian work, 10% of the fragrance proceeds will be donated to Akon’s Konfidence Foundation which benefits underprivileged African youth. The fragrance is also teaming up with Akon’s campaign targeted toward youth, “Break Free Live The Dream” which encourages youth to experience freedom from distractions that may differ their dreams. Konvict fragrances can be purchased online at: www.akonfragrances.com

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OPI Launches iPhone App: Try-It-On Nail Polish

Just when you thought Apple’s iPhone had every app imaginable they have teamed up with OPI nail polish and launched the Try-It-On Nail Polish app. The app is free and allows users to virtually try on a host of OPI nail polish shades by adjusting the model hand to match your skin tone and selecting your favorite shade. This app is perfect for the “On-the-Go It Girl” whose time is limited and whose manicured nails are her best attribute. The app allows you to search for the hottest (and coolest) colors by name and shade. Plans to improve upon the app include customizing polishes with finishes like sparkles, shimmer, crème and frost so they are more accurately depicted in the app.

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Kim Kardashian’s Fragrance Logo in Legal Woes

What many thought was clever branding and marketing for Kim Kardashian’s debut fragrance line, which debuted nationwide in

Sephora this February may prove to be a legal headache for the model, reality star and entrepreneur. Her fragrance, titled the same as her namesake bears a double K logo on the perfume bottle. Korcula, a jewelry line, by creator Lindley Bertin also bears a double K logo and Bertin alleges the logo was used for Kim’s perfume without her permission. Bertin has sought legal representation by high-powered attorney David Boies to resolve the dispute.

Bertin told StyleList, “I am disappointed that someone would take something from me that I put so much time, energy, and money into creating.”

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